I'm sorry, should I have spelled it out for you in giant red letters that I am concerned for Manny's health? Do you need reassurance that I am a human being who cares for other human beings? Should I have clarified that the main reason I am devastated is because this is a brutal injury for a marvelous human being to face? My apologies. Now please go away.

Can you guys organize a way to get fan messages to Manny? Like making a giant get-well card? We can post our messages here on PiTB. He is such a class act in a game that is getting more attention for classless acts. I just hope he knows that we the fans really appreciate not just his skill but his shining leadership and humanity.

It's a fantastic idea. So fantastic, in fact, that one of our fine cohorts in the Canucks blogosphere, Canucks Corner, has already started it off. They already have 74 comments there: definitely add your well-wishings.

Can't stand when guys on their high horse Holier-than-thou rants assume you don't care about a person just because you mention the impact of their loss on the team. Of course we care about Manny and his recovery. But he is not a close friend of mine, he is a player on my favorite team so I care about the impact of losing him as well. Chill out!

The douchy turn in recent posts? I mean, I recognize that the post praising Axe body spray wasn't in keeping with our regular content, but I just love the stuff, and the way it turns women into drooling, shambling animals. Also, the post about putting a spoiler on my 2000 Dodge Neon? I was proud, who wouldn't be? And there's nothing douchey about tweeting a pic of my Betty Boop but with bigger boobs backtat.

Feels like douchy comments are at an all time high and I'm not referring to Mooney or Skeeter.Hope Manny can make a full recovery. Perhaps he'll find other ways to contribute in the meantime. IE locker room visits and maybe some Faceoff clinics with the boys. He's been such a positive influence and that won't change.

Haha, I was actually just thinking the same thing Kenny. Wouldn't it be awesome if Manny was well enough by the playoffs to give the others pointers?

Nobody wants to see this injury end a career, much less impede Manny from living a normal life. The suggestion that your post is somehow insincere seems to based in a jaded notion that sports fans can't be both concerned for the well-being of the player and the well-being of the team at the same time. The majority of the comments on this site definitely blow that unwarranted conceit out of the water.

@Kenny and Michael: I was just talking to my Dad on the phone about how sad I am that this injury ended his season, and he made that same comment that maybe he should have some "face-off pointers" seminars or something like that! I guess all the great minds think alike!!

It would be awesome to see Manny continuing to have a role down the stretch as some kind of Obi-Wan Kenobi to the team, tutoring the team on the ways of the force/faceoffs. Might make him feel better about the general suckiness of this too.

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